LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Charity campaigner held at knifepoint in her home; White Supremacist leader 'hands himself in to police'

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IRELAND: Children's rights activist Christina Noble has been held at knife point in her own home.

IRELAND: The country will have to brace itself for more extreme weather events as the effects of climate change hit home with potentially devastating effects on property and infrastructure.

IRELAND: A caretaker was left visibly shaken and suffered a cut to his neck after the attempted removal of a statue of the Virgin Mary at a school sparked a scuffle with a teacher.

WORLD: The White Supremacist leader who became famous after the Charlottesville demonstrations has handed himself in to US police, it has been reported.

WORLD: The torso of a Swedish reporter who is believed to have died on a submarine that later sank was found naked and a search is under way for her clothes, Danish police said.

ANALYSIS: The paper on Ireland was full of well-meaning statements of intent, particularly around not wanting the return of any border, but gave nothing by way of detail as to how such a pipe dream is to be delivered, writes Daniel McConnell.

BUSINESS: Carrigaline has the lowest level of commercial vacant buildings among Cork towns while Youghal has the highest, according to research from Ireland’s only complete database of commercial and residential buildings.

SPORT: Ronan McCarthy has been appointed as the new Cork football manager for a three year term.

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FEATURES: An Post’s AddressPal offers a new way to try to minimise the shipping costs when shopping online, but are you still better off in a bricks and mortar store? Carolyn Moore reports.

FEATURES: Carol O’Callaghan goes behind the scenes of a new RTÉ Player home interiors programme that transforms a room in just 24 hours.

VIRAL: A piglet nicknamed Norris gave cops the run around after they were called in to catch the animal.